The White House Experience Mobile App
The “White House Experience” mobile app brings First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s vision of an accessible White House to the modern age.
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The app offers tours of the White House, explores topics related to its history, and includes interactive features.
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Tours invite users to explore the famous rooms inside the Executive Mansion as well as the gardens and grounds. The core virtual tour takes users through the entire White House and highlights the fine arts collection, while the kid-friendly tour makes history accessible with memorable fun facts about the most important spaces.
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In 2020, the White House Historical Association updated the White House Experience app with new features, including the White House 360 Virtual Tour and audio and multi-language capabilities.
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The White House Holiday Virtual Tour guides users through the history and evolution of holiday decor and traditions, past and present – and also features the Official 2021 White House Ornament.
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The Presidential Look-Alike feature uses Amazon Rekogition technology to match user's selfies with the presidential and first lady portraits in the White House Collection to determine which president or first lady they most closely resemble.
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Leveraging the content of the Digital Library, the White House Historical Association launched the White House Experience mobile app in 2018. The app is the first mobile experience of the White House and is part of an ongoing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to assist the Association in promoting its educational mission through the use of cutting-edge digital technology. The app is run on the digital platform Cuseum with support from AWS.
For the first time ever, users can virtually tour the White House and the surrounding President’s Neighborhood with their iOS and Android smartphones. Temporary and seasonal content introduces users to traditions and special moments in White House history. The app also includes interactive elements such as the White House 360 Virtual Tour and a Presidential Look-Alike selfie-matching feature.
In 2020, the White House Historical Association updated the White House Experience app with new features including the White House 360 Virtual Tour and audio and multi-language capabilities. These enhancements were made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
Other projects using AWS technology included Fly Like Ike, launched in 2019. Fly Like Ike celebrated President Eisenhower’s legacy by giving users a chance to pilot the presidential helicopter around Washington, D.C. The interactive experience used Amazon Sumerian and was available for all users until early 2023.
The White House Historical Association thanks the White House, the National Park Service, the United States Secret Service, and Amazon Web Services for their continuing support of the White House Experience app.
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